Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Olympic Games ME - ITT 2004.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | WAUTERS Marc | 13 | 12 | - | 1 |
| 3 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | ULLRICH Jan | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Igor | 11 | 3 | - | 8 |
| 6 | BOTERO Santiago | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | PEÑA Victor Hugo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | JULICH Bobby | 10 | 7 | - | 3 |
| 9 | HAMILTON Tyler | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MOREAU Christophe | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 11 | VAN PETEGEM Peter | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | VINOKOUROV Alexandre | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 13 | HUNTER Robert | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | JOACHIM Benoît | 5 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 15 | HØJ Frank | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | ŠTANGELJ Gorazd | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | GUTIÉRREZ José Iván | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 18 | HUSHOVD Thor | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 19 | BERTOGLIATI Rubens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | ARVESEN Kurt-Asle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | ANDRLE René | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 22 | BODROGI László | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 23 | PETROV Evgeni | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 24 | ROGERS Michael | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 25 | RICH Michael | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 26 | KRIVTSOV Yuriy | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 27 | CANCELLARA Fabian | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 28 | POZZATO Filippo | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 29 | KASHECHKIN Andrey | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 30 | DANGERFIELD Stuart | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | DEKKER Thomas | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | PAULINHO Sérgio Miguel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | LÖFKVIST Thomas | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | WACKER Eugen | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | JURČO Matej | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | BLACKGROVE Heath | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | KOHUT Sławomir | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | WOHLBERG Eric | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | HRAZDIRA Michal | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | KRUPA Dawid | 0 | - | - | - |